Mobile website WhatsApp button to send message to a specific number

Question

A mobile website can be customized to allow users to share a pre-filled message in WhatsApp to a manually chosen contact  As given here it is done using Custom URL Scheme  An example    lt a href  whatsapp   send text Hello 20World   gt Hello  world  lt  a gt    To call a particular number we use    lt a href  tel 0123456789  gt Call lt  a gt    Similarly  can we send a WhatsApp message to a specific number  or at least open the chat  without user choosing the phone number manually rather it will be one of the predefined parameters attribute values

User · Accepted Answer

Format to send a WhatsApp message to a specific number (updated Nov 2018)

<a href="https://wa.me/whatsappphonenumber/?text=urlencodedtext"></a>

where

whatsappphonenumber is a full phone number in international format

urlencodedtext is the URL-encoded pre-filled message.

Example:

Create a link with a pre-filled message that will automatically appear in the text field of a chat, to be sent to a specific number

Send I am interested in your car for sale to +001-(555)1234567

https://wa.me/15551234567?text=I%20am%20interested%20in%20your%20car%20for%20sale

Note :

Use: https://wa.me/15551234567

Don't use: https://wa.me/+001-(555)1234567
Create a link with just a pre-filled message that will automatically appear in the text field of a chat, number will be chosen by the user

Send I am enquiring about the apartment listing

https://wa.me/?text=I%20am%20enquiring%20about%20the%20apartment%20listing

After clicking on the link, user will be shown a list of contacts they can send the pre-filled message to.

For more information, see https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/general/26000030

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P.S : Older format (before updation) for reference

<a href="https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=whatsappphonenumber&text=urlencodedtext"></a>

User · Answer

On android  you can try  href  intent   send  countrycode without plus  number  Intent scheme smsto package com whatsapp action android intent action SENDTO end   replace  countrycode without plus  number  with the number

User · Answer

unfortunately  there is not option to put number in whatsapp protocol  only is possible with parameter ABID  address Book ID   but you must have this contact with specific name to do this  check WhatsApp Documentation

User · Answer

To send a Whatsapp message from a website  use the below URL   URL  https   api whatsapp com send phone XXXXX amp text dummy  Here the phone and text are parameters were one of them is required   phone  To whom we need to send the message text  The text needs to share    This URL is also can be used  It displays a blank screen if there is no application found   URL  whatsapp   send text The text to share   Note  All the above will work in web  only if WhatsApp desktop app is installed

User · Answer

WhatsApp is now providing a much simpler API https   wa me  This isn t introducing any new features  just a simpler way to execute things  There s no need to check for user agent while implementing this API as it will also work with native apps as well as the web interface of whatsapp  web whatsapp com  on desktop  This can be used in multiple use cases  A Click to chat button   Use https   wa me whatsappphonenumber to open a chat dialog with the specified whatsapp user  Please note that the whatsappphonenumber should be a valid whatsapp number in international format without leading zeros        -  and spaces  e g  15551234567  lt a href  quot https   wa me 15551234567 quot  gt Whatsapp Me lt  a gt   A Share this on whatsapp button   Use https   wa me  text urlencodedtext to open a whatsapp contact selection dialog with a preset text  e g   lt a href  quot https   wa me  text I 20found 20a 20great 20website  20Check 20out 20this 20link 20https 3A 2F 2Fwww example com 2F quot  gt Share on WhatsApp lt  a gt   A Contact me button with prefilled text   A combination of the above two  Might be useful if you want to get a prefilled custom message from users landing on a particular page  Use format https   wa me whatsappphonenumber  text urlencodedtext  lt a href  quot https   wa me 15551234567 text I 20am 20interested 20in 20your 20services  20How 20to 20get 20started 3F quot  gt I am interested lt  a gt    For official documentation visit https   faq whatsapp com en general 26000030

User · Answer

This answer is useful to them who want click to chat whatsapp in website to redirect web whatsapp com with default content or message and in mobile device to open in whatsapp in mobile app with default content to text bar in app   also add jquery link    lt a  target   blank  title  Contact Us On WhatsApp  href  https   web whatsapp com send phone  91xxxxxxxxx amp amp text Hi  I would like to get more information    class  whatsapplink hidemobile  style  background-color  2DC100  gt   lt i class  fa fa-fw fa-whatsapp  style  color  fff  gt  lt  i gt   lt span style  color  fff  gt      Contact Us On WhatsApp         lt  span gt   lt  a gt   lt a  target   blank  title  Contact Us On WhatsApp  href  https   api whatsapp com send phone  91xxxxxxxxx amp text Hi  20I 20would 20like 20to 20get 20more 20information    class  whatsapplink hideweb  style  background-color  2DC100  gt   lt i class  fa fa-fw fa-whatsapp  style  color  fff  gt  lt  i gt   lt span style  color  fff  gt      Contact Us On WhatsApp         lt  span gt   lt  a gt    lt script type  text javascript  gt   var mobile     iphone ipod android blackberry mini windows sce palm i test navigator userAgent toLowerCase        if  mobile          hidemobile   css  display    none       OR you can use     hidemobile   hide       else         hideweb   css  display    none       OR you can use     hideweb   hide       lt  script gt

User · Answer

As noted by others  the official documentation is available here  WhatsApp com FAQ  Android -  Chats -  How to use click to chat   The documentation states      Example  https   wa me 15551234567 text I m 20interested 20in 20your 20car 20for 20sale   BUT   Why don t we try copying that into a new tab in your browser and going there right now      https   wa me text testtesttesttest   Results  ERROR PAGE NOT FOUND     What gives     Fix it easily by using one of THESE format   https   api whatsapp com send text YourShareTextHere https   api whatsapp com send text YourShareTextHere amp phone 123   No wa me domain in this URL

User · Answer

Official WhatsApp doc Says-   https   api whatsapp com send phone countrycode phonenumber amp text urlencodedtext  Use  https   api whatsapp com send phone 15551234567 amp text urlencodedtext  Don t use  https   api whatsapp com send phone  001- 555 1234567  https   faq whatsapp com en general 26000030

User · Answer

i used this code and it works fine for me  just change  92xxxxxxxxxx to your valid whatsapp number  with country code       lt script type  text javascript  gt           function                  var options                     whatsapp    92xxxxxxxxxx      WhatsApp number                 call to action   Message us      Call to action                 position   right      Position may be  right  or  left                              var proto   document location protocol  host    whatshelp io   url   proto      static     host              var s   document createElement  script    s type    text javascript   s async   true  s src   url     widget-send-button js init js               s onload   function      WhWidgetSendButton init host  proto  options                  var x   document getElementsByTagName  script   0   x parentNode insertBefore s  x                      lt  script gt

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